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covered with its Scales, may lie uppermoft, and all 
the Fins and Tail arc to be expanded with Pins. Let 
it then be expofed to the Sun, if in Summer, or, if 
in Winter, to the Fire, till the Skin grows quite dry 
and hard, when it mull be turned, and the Flefh 
expofed to the Sun or Fire 5 till it is alfo dry ; and 
then the Skin may be feparated from the Flefh with 
very little Trouble, and, being put betwixt Papers, 
mull be preffed flat. But as a fort of glutinous Mat- 
ter, in prefling, is always forced out from betwixt 
the Scales and the Skin, a Piece of Parchment is to 
be laid under the Fifh, which is eafily feparated from 
the Scales, but Paper always flicks : For this Reaion 
it is neceflary, that after an Flour or two, a frefh 
Piece of Parchment fhould be applied : And thus, in 
the Space of 24. Hours, the Fifh is prepared. 
II. A Letter from Capt. William Gordon to 
Capt. Samuel Mead, F. R. S. inclojing an 
Account of the Fire-ball feen Dec. 11.1741. 
can remember, of the Meteor which 1 faw on Friday 
the nth of ‘December, coming by Water from the 
City to JVhitehall. 
I really at firft took it for fome artificial Fire- work, 
but was foon undeceived by the different Forms it 
appeared in, and the Routs it took through the Re- 
gions of the Air. I find it was feen by feveral People 
SIR , 
Read March 4. 
1 741-1. 
T your Defirc I have fent you a 
Defcription, as exad as pofiibly I 
here. 
